2017-18 University Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-18 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Course descriptions in this section are reasonable summaries only and are neither completely inclusive nor completely exclusive of total course content for any given course.

Courses listed herein may or may not be offered each term.

Courses are listed alphabetically according to prefix.

Numbering Code

Courses are grouped into a three-digit number series which indicates the normal teaching levels. Some variations may occur.

1-99 Preparatory and Developmental Courses. Courses numbered below 100 are not applicable toward a degree even though units are assigned, grades are awarded and tuition is assessed.

Lower-Division Courses (freshman and sophomore)
100-199 First-Year Courses
200-299 Second-Year Courses

Upper-Division Courses (junior and senior)
300-399 Third-Year Courses
400-499 Fourth-Year Courses

Graduate Courses
500-599 Graduate Courses

Other Codes

Each Term:

Some courses in this section have a code following the course title. This code designates when the course will be offered. F indicates Fall, W indicates Winter, S indicates Spring.

Lecture, Lab, Credit Hours:

The three numbers following the course title. For example:

CST 101 Introduction to Personal Computing
(3-3-4) = weekly lecture hours – lab hours – total credits

For more information, see Baccalaureate General Education Requirements  

Courses with the following notation fulfill the appropriate general education requirements: 
C - Communication H - Humanities HP - Humanities Performance SS - Social Science

Special Terms

As Required: This term designates a course or series of courses which will be offered only as enrollment, student interest, or individual department needs demand and as staffing allows. A course so designated may be offered if special student needs, situations of extreme hardship, or other unusual circumstances deem it in the best interest of both the student(s) and the institution to do so.

Hours to be Arranged Each Term: Normally students negotiate individually with faculty members and/or departments and arrange to have courses so designated offered for the term most suitable to their unique situation.

Corequisite: A course that must be taken simultaneously with another course. Corequisites are noted at the end of each course description.

Prerequisite: A course that must be passed satisfactorily before another course may be taken. Prerequisites are noted at the end of each course description. Courses transferred in to Oregon Tech with a C- or better meet the prerequisite requirement of obtaining a C or better.

Quarter Credit: A credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than:

  1. One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit, or ten to twelve weeks for one quarter hour of credit, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or
  2. At least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution, including laboratory work, internships, practicals, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.

A numerical credit value assigned to certain number of lecture or laboratory hours. A lecture class meeting for three 50-minute periods a week would be assigned three units of credit. Students have traditionally been expected to spend an additional six hours of outside class work per week for each three units of lecture class credit. Generally, a lab class requires three hours per week for one unit of credit, or a total of nine in-lab hours with no additional outside class work expected for three units of lab class credit.

Reading and Conference: A course taken on an independent study basis with the supervision of an instructor, usually consisting of weekly conferences, assigned readings, research papers, etc.

Seminar: A class taught by a group discussion process rather than by means of formal lecture. Student research and reporting are usually expected.

Sequence: A series of classes in the same subject area that, taken as a whole, comprise a full year’s work. Generally, course sequences are numbered consecutively, and often (though not always) should be taken in the numerical order listed (i.e., CHE 201  should be taken before CHE 202 , etc.).

 

Diagnostic Medical Sonography

  
  • DMS 337 - Breast Sonography


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Breast sonographic scanning procedures with an emphasis on sonographic applications. Correlation with other imaging modalities.

    Prerequisite: DMS 225  with grade “C” or better
  
  • DMS 342 - Survey of Adult Echocardiography


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Survey of adult echocardiographic imaging applications with emphasis on parasternal, apical, subcostal and suprasternal 2-D views. Standard M-Mode measurements, Doppler and color Doppler. Common cardiac pathology.

    Prerequisite: DMS 352  with grade “C” or better
  
  • DMS 343 - Fetal Echo, Neonatal, and Pediatric Sonography


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Fetal cardiac development and normal anatomy. Fetal echocardiographic 2D views, M-Mode, Doppler and Color Doppler. Common fetal cardiac pathology and anomalies. Neonatal topics include hip, abdominal and neurological sonographic applications. General sonographic pediatric pathologies and anomalies will be discussed.

    Prerequisite: DMS 342  with grade “C” or better
  
  • DMS 346 - Musculoskeletal Sonography


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Survey of sonographic musculoskeletal imaging with emphasis on normal and abnormal findings.

    Prerequisite: DMS 225  with grade “C” or better
  
  • DMS 352 - Junior Laboratory I


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Topics to include the male/female pelvis, first trimester, musculoskeletal, and breast stressing sonographic anatomy, standard imaging planes, and image quality.

    Prerequisite: DMS 254  with grade “C” or better
  
  • DMS 353 - Junior Laboratory II


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Topics to include normal first, second, third trimester, and cardiovascular stressing anatomy, standard imaging planes, and image quality.

    Prerequisite: DMS 352  with grade “C” or better
  
  • DMS 354 - Junior Laboratory III


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Applied sonographic laboratory procedures and techniques. Emphasis on protocols and case reviews.

    Prerequisite: DMS 353  with grade “C” or better
  
  • DMS 365 - Sonographic Pathology


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Differential diagnosis and concepts of disease processes as applied to sonographic examination.

    Prerequisite: Junior standing in the DMS program
  
  • DMS 370 - Obstetrical Sonography


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Orientation to obstetrical scanning procedures and techniques. Emphasis on normal obstetrical anatomy and fetal development.

    Prerequisites: DMS 224 , DMS 225 , and DMS 234  all with grade “C” or better
  
  • DMS 373 - Obstetrical Pathology


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Advanced obstetrical scanning of second and third trimester obstetrical patients with emphasis on pathology.

    Prerequisite: DMS 370  with grade “C” or better
  
  • DMS 388 - Externship Preparation


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 2

    Presentation of key concepts related to Diagnostic Medical Sonography externship and required in-services. Focus is on patient care and interpersonal scenarios the externship student will likely face while in the clinical environment. Review and discussion of the DMS Externship Handbook.

    Prerequisites: DMS 316 , DMS 353 , and DMS 370 , all with grade “C” or better
  
  • DMS 407 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • DMS 430 - Diagnostic Medical Sonography Externship


    (F,W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 40
    Credit Hours: 15

    All BS students must complete four terms (12 months) of clinical experience in sonography at an Oregon Tech approved clinical site. Students will work under the direct supervision of registered sonographers.

    Prerequisite: All academic coursework in the DMS curriculum
  
  • DMS 430A - Diagnostic Medical Sonography Externship


    (F,S)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 22
    Credit Hours: 8

    This two-term special externship is designed for the degree completion student. Students working in a clinical ultrasound setting will prepare clinical case studies.

    Prerequisites: Be an ARDMS Sonographer in good standing and have completed all academic coursework in the Medical Imaging curriculum with grade “C” or better
  
  • DMS 430B - Diagnostic Medical Sonography Externship


    (W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 18
    Credit Hours: 7

    This two-term special externship is designed for the degree completion student. Students working in a clinical ultrasound setting will prepare clinical case studies.

    Prerequisites: Be an ARDMS Sonographer in good standing and have completed all academic coursework in the Medical Imaging curriculum with grade “C” or better

Echocardiography

  
  • ECHO 107 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • ECHO 207 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • ECHO 225 - Cardiopulmonary Patient Management Practices


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Current issues in the practice of echocardiography with emphasis on the technologist’s responsibilities to the patient, the patient’s family and the professions of echocardiography. Transporting critically ill patients and recognizing emergency situations.

    Prerequisite: ECHO 231 
  
  • ECHO 227 - Basic ECG Recognition and Testing


    (F,S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Basics of ECG testing, heart pressures, blood volume/physiology and the electrical conduction system. Focus on interpretation of ECG rhymes: normal ECG, ventricular hypertrophy, bundle branch block, AV block, myocardial ischemia, bradycardia, tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, ventricular fibrillation and irregular rhythms.

  
  • ECHO 231 - Echocardiography I


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    An introduction to scanning techniques and tomographic views according to the American Society of Echocardiography standards. B-mode image, pulsed and continuous wave Doppler, and color-flow imaging.

    Prerequisite: ECHO 320 
  
  • ECHO 232 - Echocardiography II


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    An intermediate level of instruction in scanning techniques and tomographic views according to the American Society of Echocardiography standards. Emphasis on cardiac pathology and the echocardiography evaluation.

    Prerequisite: ECHO 231 
  
  • ECHO 307 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • ECHO 320 - Cardiographic Methods


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Recognition of ECG tracing with normal and abnormal arrhythmias, treadmill testing, Holter monitoring, phonocardiography, and heart auscultation. Review of case examples for analysis and synthesis. Integration of cardiographic monitoring methods with cardiac ultrasound imaging. Review of cardiac anatomy.

    Prerequisite: ECHO 232 
  
  • ECHO 321 - Stress and Transesophageal Echo


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Cardiac applications, protocols, and techniques related to stress echo and transesophageal echo. TEE anatomy, acquisition of images and the cardiovascular operating room. Particular emphasis on the mitral valve and surgical repairs.

    Prerequisite: Admission to the Echocardiography program
  
  • ECHO 325 - Pediatric Echocardiography


    (F,W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Congenital heart disease, including neonate/infant and adult disorders. Congenital disorders including cardiac situs, ventricular morphology, great artery connections, valvular and subvalvular obstruction, atrial septal defact, ventricular septal defect.

    Prerequisite: ECHO 333 
  
  • ECHO 332 - Invasive Cardiology


    (F,S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Cardiac catheterization testing. Coronary artery interventions such as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and chamber pressure measurements.

    Prerequisite: ECHO 231 
  
  • ECHO 333 - Echocardiography III


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    An advanced level of instruction in scanning techniques and tomographic views according to the American Society of Echocardiography standards. Cardiac pathology, and advanced methods in echocardiography.

    Prerequisite: ECHO 232 
  
  • ECHO 334 - Echocardiography IV


    (F,W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    An advanced level of instruction in scanning techniques and tomographic views according to the American Society of Echocardiography standards. Special topics including 3-D, 4-D, tissue Doppler, cardiac resynchronization and other technological advances.

    Prerequisite: ECHO 333 
  
  • ECHO 365 - Abdominal/Renal Testing


    (F,W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Abdominal vascular anatomy and common disease processes. Students will be asked to perform basic abdominal vascular tests following very specific protocols and interpretations.

    Prerequisites: ECHO 325  and ECHO 376  
    Corequisites: ECHO 385  and ECHO 388  
  
  • ECHO 376 - Survey of Vascular Testing


    (W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Basic vascular pathophysiology in carotid, arterial, and venous testing. Waveform recognition, interpretation, and protocols for testing.

    Prerequisite: ECHO 333 
  
  • ECHO 385 - Echocardiography Laboratory Management


    (F,W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Focus on human resource skills as necessary to manage an echocardiography laboratory. Includes the interview process, hiring and firing, as well as employee performance evaluation. Other topics will include reimbursement, licensure, accreditation and other management issues.

  
  • ECHO 388 - Externship Preparation


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Review and summarization of key concepts in Echocardiography. Focus is on patient care and interpersonal scenarios the externship student will likely face while in the hospital environment or independent echo lab. Review and discussion of the Echocardiography Externship Handbook.

    Corequisite: ECHO 334 
  
  • ECHO 407 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • ECHO 420 - Echocardiography Externship


    (F,W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 40
    Credit Hours: 15

    Students work as registered professionals in the field and must complete nine months (three terms) of experience in Echocardiography.

    Prerequisite: Admission to the Echocardiography Degree Completion program
  
  • ECHO 420A - Echocardiography Externship


    (F,W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 22
    Credit Hours: 8

    Students work as registered professionals in the field. Patient echo exams with normal and abnormal stress tests, normal and abnormal wall motion. Case study presentation.

    Prerequisite: Admission to the Echocardiography Degree Completion program
  
  • ECHO 420B - Echocardiography Externship


    (F,W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 18
    Credit Hours: 7

    Students work as registered professionals in the field. Cardiac surgical echoes (TEE) and contrast studies using various pharmacological agents. Case study presentation.

    Prerequisite: Admission to the Echocardiography Degree Completion program
  
  • ECHO 421 - Echo Senior Project


    (F,W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 4

    Students design a research-based senior project in the field of echocardiography, including interviews, research, literature review and formal presentation of the project.

    Prerequisites: ECHO 420 , and WRI 123  or WRI 227  

Economics

  
  • ECO 107 - Seminar


    SS
    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • ECO 201 - Principles of Microeconomics


    (F,W,S) SS
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Topics include scarcity, consumer choice, supply and demand, elasticity, cost and pricing theory, theory of market structures (competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly).

    Prerequisite: College level math
  
  • ECO 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics


    (F,W,S) SS
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    An introduction to the economic problem. Topics include gross domestic product, unemployment, monetary policy, fiscal policy, macro equilibrium, inflation, and supply and demand.

    Prerequisite: College level math
  
  • ECO 203 - Principles of Economics, Special Topics


    (W,S) SS
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    A survey of micro- and macroeconomic topics of current interest. Topics may include labor practices, international economics, natural resource economics, urban planning, and economic policy issues. Students prepare a research paper and present results to the class.

    Prerequisites: ECO 201  and ECO 202  
  
  • ECO 207 - Seminar


    SS
    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • ECO 307 - Seminar


    SS
    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • ECO 357 - Energy Economics and Policy


    (W) SS
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Explores the role of energy and energy resources from the economic perspective. Analyzes U.S. and global energy markets and policy; traditional and alternative energy sources; pricing of externalities and public goods; the use of market instruments, subsidies and taxes; and the political economy.

    Prerequisites: ECO 201  or ECO 202 , and MATH 243  or MATH 361 
  
  • ECO 367 - International Economics and Finance Management


    (W) SS
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 4

    Financial management involving international monetary environment; foreign exchange risk management; source and availability of funds to finance trade and multinational operations; taxation planning and control; international portfolio diversification; international banking; capital budgeting; political risk evaluation of performance.

    Prerequisites: BUS 308 , and ECO 201  or ECO 202  
  
  • ECO 407 - Seminar


    SS
    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)


Electrical Engineering

  
  • EE 101 - Introduction to Engineering I


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    A three course sequence introducing the field of engineering, focusing on electrical engineering and renewable energy. Success strategies. Engineering and scientific notation. Ohm’s Law. Problem solving, communication skills, ethics in engineering. Professional development and lifelong learning. Introduction to the design process culminating in a team design experience.

  
  • EE 102 - Introduction to Engineering II


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    A three course sequence introducing the field of engineering, focusing on electrical engineering and renewable energy. Success strategies. Engineering and scientific notation. Ohm’s Law. Problem solving, communication skills, ethics in engineering. Professional development and lifelong learning. Introduction to the design process culminating in a team design experience.

  
  • EE 103 - Introduction to Engineering III


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    A three course sequence introducing the field of engineering, focusing on electrical engineering and renewable energy. Success strategies. Engineering and scientific notation. Ohm’s Law. Problem solving, communication skills, ethics in engineering. Professional development and lifelong learning. Introduction to the design process culminating in a team design experience.

  
  • EE 107 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • EE 121 - Fundamentals of Electric Circuits I


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    DC Analysis and First-Order transients. Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff’s laws, nodal analysis, mesh analysis, source transformations, Thévenin and Norton equivalents, maximum power transfer, superposition, introduction to op-amps, inductance and capacitance, transient response of RC and RL circuits.

    Prerequisite: MATH 111 
  
  • EE 123 - Fundamentals of Electric Circuits II


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    AC analysis, second-order transients, introduction to electric power. Transient response of second-order circuits, sinusoids and phasors, sinusoidal steady-state analysis, nodal analysis, mesh analysis, source transformations, Thévenin and Norton equivalents, sinusoidal steady-state power calculations, balanced three-phase circuits, mutual inductance, transformers.

    Prerequisites: EE 121  and MATH 112  
  
  • EE 131 - Digital Electronics I


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduction to combinational logic, gates, Boolean Algebra, Karnaugh Mapping, Number Systems/Codes, arithmetic circuits, decoders/ encoders, mux/demux, comparators, basic sequential gates (Latches/FF) introduction to HDL (Verilog/VHDL), PLD HW implementation.

    Pre- or Corequisite: MATH 111 
  
  • EE 133 - Digital Electronics II


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduction to sequential logic, with HDL, Review latches and flip/flops, timers, counters/ registers, HDL implementation, PLD HW Implementation, finite state machine design/ analysis, logic testing and timing analysis.

    Prerequisites: EE 131  or CST 162  either with grade “C” or better, and MATH 111  
  
  • EE 207 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • EE 219 - Introduction to Semiconductor Devices and Amplifiers


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduction to semiconductor devices, characteristics of biasing of diodes and transistors, analysis and design of circuits using diodes, bipolar junction transistors and field-effect transistors. Applications of transistors as amplifiers and switches.

    Prerequisite: EE 123 
  
  • EE 221 - Circuits I


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introductory course in linear circuit analysis. Topics include: Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s laws, nodal analysis, mesh analysis, source transformations, Thévenin and Norton equivalent circuits, maximum power transfer, operational amplifiers, inductance, capacitance, and first-order transient circuit response. Students must also register for a laboratory section.

    Corequisite: MATH 252 
  
  • EE 223 - Circuits II


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introductory course in linear circuit analysis. Second-order transient circuit analysis, phasors, sinusoidal steady-state analysis, phasor-domain nodal, mesh analysis; phasor Thévenin and Norton equivalent circuits, AC power, three-phase circuits, magnetically coupled circuits and transformers. Students must register for a laboratory section.

    Prerequisites: EE 221  and MATH 252 , both with a grade of “C” or better
  
  • EE 225 - Circuits III


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introductory course in linear circuit analysis. Transfer functions, frequency response, Bode plots, passive and active filters, Laplace transforms, Fourier series, Fourier transforms, and two-port networks. Students must also register for a laboratory section.

    Prerequisite: EE 223  with grade “C” or better
    Corequisite: MATH 321 
  
  • EE 236 - LabVIEW Programming


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    An object oriented programming course using National Instruments LabVIEW programming language designed for programming data-logging, instrumentation and control applications. Basic flow-charting is introduced. Logical constructs as implemented by LabVIEW are investigated. Example control problems are investigated and programmed using LabVIEW.

    Prerequisite: MATH 112 
  
  • EE 307 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • EE 311 - Signals and Systems


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Spectrum. Fourier Series. Time-Frequency Spectrum. Sampling and Aliasing. Reconstruction. Sampling Theorem. Discrete-Time Signals and Systems. Convolution Sum. Continuous-Time Signals and Systems. Frequency Response. Continuous-Time Fourier Transform. Relationship between CTFT, DTFT, DFT, and FFT. Spectrogram. Z-Transform.

    Prerequisite: EE 225  with grade “C” or better
  
  • EE 320 - Advanced Circuit and Systems Analysis


    (F,S)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Methods of circuit analysis and circuit theorems. Introduction to the Laplace transform and its applications. Advanced circuit analysis using Laplace transforms techniques. Transfer function analysis. Impulse and frequency response of circuits and systems. Bode plots. Stability.

    Prerequisites: EE 123  or EE 223 , and MATH 252  
  
  • EE 321 - Electronics I


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Basic semiconductor theory. Diodes and diode circuits. Bipolar-junction transistor (BJT). Ebers-Moll model. BJT amplifiers (CE, CB & CD). Multistage and differential amplifiers. Metal Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MOSFET). MOSFET amplifiers (CS, CG & CD). Multistage MOSFET amplifiers. OP-amps.

    Prerequisites: EE 123  or EE 223 , and MATH 252  
  
  • EE 323 - Electronics II


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Current sources. Current mirrors. Cascode active loads. Multistage amplifiers. Differential amplifiers. Frequency response. Miller’s theorem. Negative feedback amplifier types: Voltage, Current, transconductance and transresistance. Stability and pole location. Gain and phase margins. Frequency compensation.

    Prerequisite: EE 321 
  
  • EE 325 - Electronics III


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Real operational amplifiers and basic circuits. Output stages. Power amplifiers. Filters, passive and active. Oscillators. Wave-shaping circuits. D/A and A/D circuits.

    Prerequisite: EE 323  with grade “C” or better
  
  • EE 331 - Digital System Design with HDL


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduces the student to a Hardware Descriptive Language and describes its role in digital design. Dataflow, Behavioral and Structural Modeling, Logic Partitioning, Hierarchical Design, CPLDs and FPGAs. DC Parameters and CPLD Timing Models. Design examples including keyboard scanner, counters, ALUs, multipliers and controllers.

    Prerequisite: CST 133  or EE 133  or EE 347 
  
  • EE 333 - Introduction to Microcontrollers


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introductory course in microcontroller design. Topics include interrupt controllers, timer/counters, A/D converters, PWM channels, USARTs, SPI, two-wire interfaces, LEDs, LCDs, motors, and various sensors. Hands-on projects or lab assignments require C and/or assembly language programming to develop applications.

    Prerequisites: CST 116 , and CST 133  or EE 133  or EET 216  
  
  • EE 335 - Advanced Microcontrollers


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Advanced course in design and development of microcontroller-based systems. Topics include internal peripheral devices, external device interfacing, and microcontroller systems design. Learning objectives are accomplished through design of fully integrated projects or lab assignments using C and/or assembly language programming.

    Prerequisite: EE 333  with grade “C” or better
  
  • EE 341 - Electricity and Magnetism with Transmission Lines


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 4

    Review vector calculus. Flux, potential, gradient, divergence, curl and field intensity. Static electric and magnetic fields. Maxwell’s equations. Boundary conditions. Uniform plane waves in media and free space. Reflection and transmission at interfaces. Propagation of guided waves. Transmission line. Antennas.

    Prerequisites: EE 123  or EE 221 , MATH 252 MATH 254N , and PHY 202  or PHY 222   
  
  • EE 343 - Solid-State Electronic Devices


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Crystal properties and growth of semiconductors. Atoms and electrons. Energy bands and charge carriers in semiconductors. Excess carriers in semiconductors. P-n junctions. FETs and BJTs. Optoelectronic devices. High-frequency and high-power devices.

    Prerequisites: MATH 252 , and PHY 202  or PHY 222  
    Corequisite: EE 321  
  
  • EE 347 - Digital Logic


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Number systems; combinational logic including Boolean algebra, DeMorgan’s Theorems and Karnaugh Maps; digital TTL, CMOS IC characteristics; conventional IC functions; sequential logic including flip-flops, counters, registers and state diagrams. Combinational and sequential logic circuits will be simulated, built and tested.

    Prerequisite: MATH 112 
  
  • EE 355 - Control System Design


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Continuous-domain systems and Laplace transform review. System modeling, identification and linearization. System response and stability analysis. Classical tracking and regulating controller design using computers. PID tuning. Lab exercises in modeling, design and implementation.

    Prerequisites: EE 225  or EE 320 , and EE 321  
  
  • EE 401 - Communication Systems


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Signal Analysis, Fourier series, Fourier Transforms; Analog signal transmission and Reception (AM, FM, PM); effects of noise in Analog Systems. Digital Data and Communication Systems; effects of noise in Digital Systems.

    Prerequisite: EE 311  or EE 430 
  
  • EE 407 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • EE 419 - Power Electronics


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Power electronic device characterization. Rectifiers, DC-DC converters and Inverters design, modeling, and build.

    Prerequisite: EE 321 
  
  • EE 421 - Analog Integrated - Circuit Design


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Models of IC active devices. Review single-transistor and multiple-transistor amplifiers. Current mirrors, active loads, and references. Output stages. Operational amplifiers with single-ended outputs. Frequency response of ICs, noise in ICs, bipolar, MOS and BiCMOS IC technology.

    Prerequisite: EE 323  
    Corequisite: EE 325 
  
  • EE 423 - CMOS Digital Integrated- Circuit Design


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    MOSFETs, threshold voltage, body effect, channel length, CMOS, inverter characteristics, transmission gates, performance (latch-up, parameter estimation, capacitance), domino logic, registers, scan test, layout.

    Prerequisites: CST 133  or EE 133 , and EE 321  
  
  • EE 425 - Wireless Communication


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Baseband digital systems, messages, characters and symbols, sampling theorems. Noise sources, M-ray signals, baseband formatting including PCM waveforms, digital filters including FIR and IIR. Matched filters, band-pass modulation and demodulation techniques, and an introduction to spread spectrum transmission.

    Prerequisites: EE 133 /CST 133  and EE 223 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • EE 426 - RF/Wireless Systems


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Hardware components, system parameters, and architectures of RF and microwave wireless systems. Topics include microwave transmission lines, Smith charts, impedance matching networks, antenna systems, microwave components, receivers and transmitters, radar systems and sensors, and wireless communication systems.

    Prerequisite: EE 341  
  
  • EE 430 - Linear Systems and Digital Signal Processing


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Introduction to signals and systems. Spectral analysis techniques. Fourier Series and the continuous-time Fourier transform (CTFT). Discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT) and digital Fourier transform (DFT). Computational spectral analysis using the FFT. FIR and IIR filters. Z-transform. Practical implementation of digital filters and computational spectral analysis using MATLAB.

    Prerequisite: EE 225  or EE 320 
  
  • EE 431 - Digital Signal Processing


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Discrete systems and signals, linear time invariant systems, difference equations, frequency response, Z-transforms, analysis software, discrete Fourier transforms.

    Prerequisites: EE 311  and EE 335 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • EE 432 - Advanced Digital System Design


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Advanced digital system design with Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Students implement designs with pre-generated and custom digital logic functions using VHDL and/or Verilog hardware description languages. Projects include digital system design, simulation, and hardware implementation.

    Prerequisites: CST 116  and EE 331 , both with grade ”C” or better
  
  • EE 435 - Embedded Systems Hardware


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Advanced course in embedded systems hardware design and development. Topics include system-on-chip design, ARM processor architecture, digital signal processors, multi-core processing, vector processors, graphics processing units, external serial interfaces, external memory interfaces, network interfaces, debuggers, in-circuit emulators, and hardware security.

    Prerequisite: EE 432  with grade “C” or better
  
  • EE 441 - Biomedical I - Introduction to Biomedical Engineering


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduction to biomedical engineering, anatomy and physiology for engineers, bioelectric phenomena, biomedical sensors, biomedical instrumentation, biosignal processing, cardiovascular mechanics, biomaterials, tissue engineering, biomedical imaging and clinical engineering.

    Prerequisite: EE 311  with grade “C” or better
  
  • EE 443 - Biomedical II - Signal Processing


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Fundamental problems of biomedical signal processing; signal analysis; signal modeling, sources and types of biomedical signals. Arterial and ambulatory blood pressure (ABP/ABPM); intracranial pressures (ICP); pulse oximetry (SpO2); electrocardiogram (ECG). Stochastic, harmonic models, spectrum analysis and time-frequency analysis.

    Prerequisite: EE 311  with grade “C” or better
  
  • EE 445 - Biomedical III - Instrumentation


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Review of biological systems (human), signals, measurements and transducers; bioelectrical signals and amplifiers; electrocardiograph (ECG); blood pressure; ultrasonography; x-ray; radiology and nuclear medicine equipment; power sources; electro-magnetic interference (EMI) effects; and electrical safety.

    Prerequisite: EE 311  with grade “C” or better
  
  • EE 448 - Geometric Optics


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Reflection and refraction at plane and curved surfaces; imaging properties of lenses; first order Gaussian optics and thin-lens system layout; matrix optics; ray-tracing software; spherical and chromatic aberrations.

    Prerequisite: PHY 223 
  
  • EE 449 - Radiometry & Optical Detection


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Fundamentals of radiometry and photometry; detection of light using thermal and photon (photoemissive, photoconductive, and photovoltaic) methods; noise processes; blackbodies; charge transfer devices; spectroradiometry.

    Prerequisites: EE 223  and PHY 223   
  
  • EE 450 - Physical Optics


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Spherical and planar waves; scalar diffraction theory; Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction and application to measurement; interference and interferometers; optical transfer functions; coherent optical systems and holography.

    Prerequisite: PHY 223 
  
  • EE 451 - Lasers


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Laser radiation properties, laser cavities, coherence, atomic spectra, pumping rate, power gain, threshold conditions, beam shape, mode structure; ion, molecular, solid-state, dye, semiconductor, and fiber lasers.

    Prerequisite: EE 450  or PHY 450 
  
  • EE 452 - Waveguides and Fiber Optics


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Light propagation in fibers and waveguides; termination, coupling, and splicing of fibers; fiber optic communication; optical time domain reflectometry, fiber amplifiers, and fiber sensors.

    Prerequisite: EE 450  or PHY 450  
  
  • EE 453 - Optical Metrology


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Modern optical metrology with emphasis on non-destructive testing; Fourier optics; Moiré and polarization methods; classic and holographic interferometry; speckle techniques; fringe analysis.

    Prerequisite: EE 450  or PHY 450 
  
  • EE 471 - Machine Learning I


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 4

    Theory and practice of Genetic Algorithms, Evolution Strategies, Backprop, Kernel Methods, Naïve Bayes, Bayesian Belief Nets, Fuzzy Inference; brief discussion of Genetic Programming, Swarm Intelligence, Reinforcement Learning, Bayes Optimal.

    Prerequisite: EE 430 , or CST 116  and MATH 341 , or ENGR 267  and MATH 341   
  
  • EE 473 - Machine Learning II


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Integration of Information Theory and Statistical Learning into a generalized framework including Support-Vector Machines, Adaptive Resonance, and Adaptive Critics, plus project.

    Prerequisite: EE 471 
  
  • EE 501 - Communication Systems


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Signal Anaylsis, Fourier series, Fourier Transforms; Analog signal transmission and Reception (AM, FM, PM); effects of noise in Analog Systems. Digital Data and Communication Systems; effects of noise in Digital Systems. Cross-listed with EE 401.

    Prerequisite: Graduate standing
  
  • EE 507 - Seminar


    (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • EE 525 - Wireless Communications


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Baseband digital systems, messages, characters and symbols, sampling theorems. Noise sources, M-ray signals, baseband formatting including PCM waveforms, digital filters including FIR and IIR. Matched filters, band-pass modulation and demodulation techniques, and an introduction to spread spectrum transmission. Cross-listed with EE 425 .

    Prerequisite: Graduate standing
  
  • EE 530 - Linear Systems & Digital Signal Processing


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Introduction to signals and systems. Spectral analysis techniques. Fourier Series and the continuous-time Fourier transform (CTFT). Discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT) and digital Fourier transform (DFT). Computational spectral analysis using the FFT. FIR and IIR filters. Z-transform. Practical implementation of digital filters and computational spectral analysis using CAD tools.

  
  • EE 532 - Advanced Digital System Design


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Advanced digital system design with Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Students implement designs with pre-generated and custom digital logic functions using VHDL and/or Verilog hardware description languages. Projects include digital design, simulation, and hardware implementation. Cross-listed with EE 431.

    Prerequisite: MSE Graduate standing
 

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